art1 nounart2 verb
artart1 /ɑːt $ ɑːrt/ ●●● S1 W1 noun 
WORD ORIGINart1
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French, Latin arsEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- art class
- Art critics were not impressed by the collection.
- an art exhibit
- Ben was always good at art.
- I studied art at school.
- Is a pile of bricks in a museum really art?
- Many people find it difficult to understand abstract art.
- Phil has turned sandwich-making into an art.
- The statue is a fine example of early Christian art.
- There was an exhibition of Adams' paintings at the Museum of Modern Art.
- Creative collaboration occurs in other arts as well.
- Hamilton, who was a great student of folk art, was driving us in the school van.
- He gave art an openly political meaning and did not appreciate the artist as an individual dissenting voice.
- I could tour it just like a normal album but I could use the art circuit as kind of a base audience.
- Nelson was hired this school year to help infuse art into the school's curriculum.
- Starling was not only posted on art, he had read books.
- The self-defence side of the art is perhaps self-explanatory.
- Too late for art and too late for the denial of art.
THESAURUStypes of art
art from the late 19th century until now: · I’m not very keen on modern art.
art that is being created now: · an exhibition of contemporary art
art in Europe and North America: · Velasquez was one of the greatest figures in the history of Western art.
art, especially painting, which is made to be beautiful or affect your emotions, rather than to be useful: · She wants to study fine art at college.· the Royal Academy of Fine Arts
paintings or images that consist of shapes or lines which do not look like people, places, or objects: · it’s almost impossible for any artist not to be influenced by Picasso’s abstract art.
art that shows pictures of people, places, or objects: · In this country, we always feel more comfortable with figurative art.
a type of modern art, which shows ideas about the world: · In conceptual art, the idea behind the work of art holds as much importance as the artwork itself.
the use of artistic principles in the design of objects and images for people to use. This includes subjects such as fashion, jewellery design, architecture, and photography: · Van de Velde taught at the new school of applied art.
art by people who live in societies where there is a very simple way of life and no modern technology or industry: · The interest in primitive art came about largely through the work of Gauguin.
art that shows ordinary objects that you find in people’s homes, which was made popular in the 1960s by artists such as Andy Warhol: · The relationship of advertising to art was part of the pop art phenomenon in the 1960s.
painting, sculpture, and other art forms that you look at, not literature or music: · The approach to the visual arts has changed in the last two decades.
the design and production of beautiful things for the home, such as furniture, pottery, and cloth: · The exhibition will also cover the decorative arts.
dance, music, or drama, done to entertain people: · San Diego’s School for the Creative and Performing Arts
art that involves producing objects such as sculptures or pots: · the decline of the plastic arts in the fifth century
a type of art that can combine acting, dance, and other actions to express an idea: · It will be a mixture of live performance art, music and poetry in an informal club setting.
Longman Language Activatorart and culture a way of representing things or expressing ideas, using pictures, sculpture, and other objects that people can look at: · I studied art at school.· The statue is a fine example of early Christian art.· Is a pile of bricks in a museum really art?modern art: · There was an exhibition of Adams' paintings at the Museum of Modern Art.abstract art (=art that does not show people or objects as they really look, but represents ideas or feelings in other ways): · Many people find it difficult to understand abstract art.art critic (=someone who's job is to write about how good or bad a piece of art is): · Art critics were not impressed by the collection.
art, music, theatre, film, literature etc, all considered together: · The government should provide more money for the arts.· They have drama classes at the arts centre every Thursday night.· I've always been interested in the arts even though I didn't have much talent myself.(the) performing arts (=music, dance, and theatre considered as a group): · Under the new government much of the funding for the performing arts would be cut.(the) visual arts (=painting, drawing, sculpture, photography etc considered as a group): · Granston is a graphic artist who now teaches visual arts and journalism at the college.
also the fine arts art, especially painting, sculpture, drawing etc that is concerned with making beautiful things or expressing important ideas rather than with making useful objects: · Pitt worked as a medical illustrator before turning to fine art.· Sales of fine art on the Internet are not booming, but many experts feel that the net will play a significant role in the market.· Morris and other artists sought to close the chasm between the decorative or 'minor' arts and the fine arts.
art, music, theatre, film, literature etc especially produced by a particular society or a particular group in society: · The magazine is devoted to rock music, fashion, and other aspects of youth culture.· Johnson's mother stressed intellectual and artistic achievement, while his father considered intellect and culture to be unmanly.
one of the ways that people express themselves through art: · Ballet is a 400-year-old art form, born in the courts of Europe. · Lehr tries to help her students understand that theater is an expressive art form.
something that an artist has produced a picture, sculpture, piece of music etc: · The collection contains works by Kahlo and Picasso.· Her later works reflected her growing depression.· Some of the director's best works were created during his neo-realist period.
something produced by an artist, especially something that most people agree is of very high quality: · From a single lump of clay, Torrence had produced a work of art.· The sketches were never meant to be works of art but are beautiful nonetheless.· The best works of art deal with man's struggle with the human condition.
a picture, sculpture, film etc that is of extremely high quality, especially one that is believed to be the best work of a particular artist: · Adam Smith's masterpiece 'The Wealth of Nations' was written in the 18th century.· Thirteen people helped Michelangelo create his masterpiece on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.· The Davis-Evans recording of 'Porgy and Bess' has been rightly called a jazz masterpiece.
relating to art or culture relating to art: · The Czech Republic has a long artistic tradition.· In 1881 when the first moving pictures were shown to the public, it was hailed as an 'artistic revolution'.· The director feared that business decisions would affect the film's artistic quality.
relating to culture: · The Principal feels that cultural education is very important.· Baroque music was part of a broader cultural movement that affected all the arts.
someone who produces art someone who produces paintings, sculptures, or any kind of art: · Leonardo was the greatest artist of his time.· I bought some post cards of prints by Japanese artists.· The obituary described Nureyev as 'a great dancer and a true artist'.
good at producing art someone who is artistic is very good at drawing, painting, or sculpture: · She described her mother as 'very intelligent and artistic'.· That's a lovely picture - I never realized you were so artistic.
having a lot of imagination and able to think of new and original ideas in art, music, or literature: · We encourage the children to use their creative abilities.· Ed, you are so creative - where did you learn to draw like that?· Davis was one of the most creative jazz musicians of our time.
someone who is very interested in the arts knowing a lot about art, literature, music etc: · Sempaio is a highly cultured lawyer with a love of classical music.· The Art Nouveau Cafe is a popular meeting place for the city's cultured classes.
someone who supports the arts, especially with money: · A genuine culture lover, the Prime Minister was a patron of the arts on a grand scale.· Performances are sponsored by fast food restaurants and other unlikely patrons of the arts.
informal someone who is very interested in all the arts - use this to talk about people like this: · While the culture vultures looked round the ruined temples, the rest of us headed straight for the beach.· He's a bit of a culture vulture - he goes to the theatre just about every week.
British /artsy American someone who is interested in or knows about art and culture - use this when you do not approve of people like this: · Jake's having a party for all his arty friends.arty-farty/artsy-fartsy: · He thought of the band as just an artsy-fartsy bunch of students pretending to play rock 'n' roll.
someone who does not like art someone who does not like or understand art, literature, music etc - used by people who disapprove of people who do not have this knowledge: · I wouldn't expect a philistine like you to understand my paintings.· The American desire for material goods caused Europeans to dismiss them as philistines.
a place where art is shown a building or room where you can go to look at paintings, sculptures etc: · One of the rooms has been made into a small modern art gallery.· We spent the afternoon looking at paintings in the National Gallery.· Dale is showing some of his work in one of the galleries downtown.
American a large building where you can go to look at paintings, sculptures etc: · The museum has a few of Van Gogh's early paintings.museum of: · Baldesaro is in New York preparing a showing at the Museum of Modern Art.
a collection of paintings, sculptures etc, often the work of one artist or a group of similar artists, which you can go to see - use this especially when they are only being shown for a limited period of time: · Have you seen the O'Keefe exhibition yet?exhibition of: · The exhibition of works by Hans Memling opens next week.on exhibition: · Many of the photographs on exhibition were taken by artists who worked primarily in other media.
an event at which the work of one artist or a group of artists is shown and is often for sale to the public: · Tomorrow is the opening night of her show in Cork Street, London.· a show of new work by young artists
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
The exhibition features works of art by Picasso and Matisse. Writing advertisements is quite an art (=it is difficult to do). I never quite mastered the art of walking in high heels.
The exhibition features works of art by Picasso and Matisse. Writing advertisements is quite an art (=it is difficult to do). (=do something very well) I’ve got the early morning routine down to a fine art.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I’ve got the early morning routine down to a fine art. (=for art, music, theatre, film etc)· Shall we go to the concert at the arts centre on Saturday?
· Nothing compares with Florence's beautiful 15th-century architecture.
· the National Gallery’s art collection
· The Music College was founded in 1869.
· Each year there is a contemporary music festival in November.
· The exhibition has been funded by the Arts Council.
· The school runs ten-week language courses three times a year.
(=things produced by artists and craftsmen or women)· an exhibition of Indian arts and crafts
· He became the chief music critic for the Herald Tribune.
(=in a subject that is not science)· She has an arts degree from Sussex University.
· The movie won an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
· a guide to the city's museums and art galleries
I never quite mastered the art of walking in high heels. (=the part of a newspaper that deals with sport, art etc)· He only ever reads the sports pages.
· Britain has a lively contemporary arts scene.
· Robbers stole paintings worth £25 million in the French Riviera’s biggest art theft.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· Promoting a fund has become something of a black art.· We talk too much of black art when we should be talking about art, just art.· Or a man who meddled in the black arts?· He also travels to black art galleries, black bookstores, even a black-owned florist shop.· And it's a kind of black art anyway - everyone did a bit differently.· And other black arts organizations had willingly shared their patron lists.· But not all their black arts could save them now that the full strength of Ulthuan was brought to bear.· They obsess about it, the black art of stealing elections.
· Does the contemporary art scene in Glasgow affect your painting?· Feb. 16-18 with an emphasis on modern and contemporary art.· You see, this exhibit examines the use of the flag in contemporary art.· Since its opening in 1978 the gallery has been seen as the main centre for contemporary art in the city.· One characteristic of contemporary art history has been its extensive use of non-art-historical texts.· What is your opinion of the current state of contemporary art, in this country and internationally?
· Confined to the fine arts, this clinging to the safe and known was just a brake upon innovation and exuberance.· Creativity in an exemplary fine arts curriculum is also encouraged.· He came to Teesside from Newcastle where he ran a fine art print workshop.· I create fine art from found objects, and also work extensively in faux stone.· Ken Done popular art; fine art.· Modern art is directed at a public largely untutored in the fine arts amidst a rapid expansion of the means of communication.· This is a fine art and the rewards are considerable.· I am no art historian but I appreciate fine works of art, and would just like to make two points.
· There is a sense in which the greatest art in conducting is to know when one should not conduct.· And the great Tretyakov art gallery may have its utilities shut off for nonpayment of bills.· Naturally, the public display of great works of art led to a demand for imitations for enjoyment by wealthy individuals.· Despite the war, there was a great deal of art activity in New York during the fall of 1918.· To be firm and remain courteous is the great art, especially when you feel threatened or are greatly provoked.· Going to the library and the bookshops, seeing plays, hearing concerts, looking at great art?· But the car has inspired no great architecture and no great art.· You can escape if you answer puzzles, games and questions about the great works of art hanging on the walls.
· The popular art of the era shared a great many subjects with its high art counterparts.· The show, which opens Friday, is an exploration of the distinction between low art and high art.· Contemporary high art was at the same time popular art.· This is not a high art, like painting or sculpture.· However, its high art pretensions are hinted at by the epic tone of its title.· The sprawling figures of men and serpents and lizards can only be viewed from high above: art for the gods.· In this sense too, popular art was closer to the dominant ethos of the age than its high art counterparts.· Like their comrades from earlier wars, many GIs developed and refined the craft of scrounging into a high art.
· The setting is a Vermont liberal arts college where Sarah Matthews is dean of students.· In the public sector, many managers have liberal arts degrees in public administration or one of the social sciences.· Others are not employed directly by the ruling class and work in the liberal arts and service professions.· Students at the baccalaureate level also are paying more attention to applied fields of study than to a general liberal arts education.· The first is to promote liberal arts higher education, both at general degree and sub-degree levels.· I was brimming with hopes for obtaining a good liberal arts education, then training in journalism.· There probably never has been a year that employers have knocked down the doors to hire liberal arts graduates.· In certain respects City is very much a traditional liberal arts / professional college.
· Even fully fit he would have stood little chance against the oriental, who was an expert in martial arts combat.· A light, bouncy martial arts comedyadventure tailor-made for Chris Farley, the unlikeliest ninja of them all.· It became compulsory for all young men to learn martial arts.· The notion of apprenticeship as an almost religious vocation survives best, oddly, in martial arts movies like Bloodsport on Showtime.· There is an increasing number of KungFu, Judo and martial arts clubs attended by even young children.· He takes Aikido martial arts classes, plays tennis and racquetball and occasionally strikes up a romance.· All the martial arts, hard and soft, aim at a non-aggressive state of harmony.· Chow Yun Fat stars as a master of the Wudan school of martial arts.
· It is the largest modern art museum in the world.· The primacy of the female nude as a motif of modern art, from Courbet to Kruger, is examined.· Meanwhile the home of modern art appears to be London.· And when they pick apart the history of modern art, they attack modern art's most powerful institution.· In fact, it seems that the best modern art exhibitions are going on out there in various institutions and building lobbies.· Such subtleties should be one ambition of the museum of modern art.· A museum of modern art would mean that we would have to up-grade our holdings and get more important twentieth-century works.
· This exhibition examines his impact not only on the visual arts but also on literature and science.· What Albers did for Black Mountain as a community emphasizing the visual arts, Olson did for it as a literary community.· He also argues that, in its turn, the Scientific Revolution had some effect on the visual arts.· In these senses this show contributes to contemporary radical perspectives within the visual arts, especially as contextualised within the gallery.· A general introduction to the practice of the visual arts.· Involvement in the visual arts is one way in for many young people today.· Lehmann also had an active interest in the visual arts, and in particular promoted the neo-romantics.· Despite her irritating affectations, she did have a genuine flair for divining quality in both literature and the visual arts.
NOUN· As for working art critics, their newspapers need reviews of every sort of exhibition, whether modern or historical.· Here, in 1989, an exhibit of photographs by the late Robert Mapplethorpe aroused the wrath of art critics in Congress.· Incidentally, the good art critic should be the reader's friend in refusing to be impressed by art market prices.· Marriage to a middle-aged art critic who has turned dealer.· An art critic also needs a gift for persuasion, perhaps rather more than a head for exposition and argument.· Times art critic Christopher Knight contributed to this report.· The art critic is thus bound to consider with care what standards of comparison should be used.
· To think so was to be conned by the art dealers.· When asked, archivists and art dealers shrug and allude to the war.· Gave ten thousand dollars for it to a little mustachioed froggy art dealer on the Boulevard Haussmann.· Larry's a builder, Robin's an art dealer, a refined, elegant and sensitive man.· The house was occupied as the London residence of an art dealer.· He decided to start an art dealers organisation, and he asked me to help.
· Emberton continued to design shops in the fashionable art deco style, for Lotus and Delta shoes and others.· There are more than a few furniture galleries, ranging from traditional to art deco to contemporary.· The concert hall itself reminds one playfully of reproduction art deco and is also acoustically first-class and adaptable.· High-energy, friendly salon with Latin flavor and art deco chandeliers.· The art deco cinema was closed; a round pile of elegance put off for good.· Their B & B is within walking distance of the art deco Filberg Lodge with its delightful nine-acre park.· The beautiful, elegant art deco Hoover building on the A4 is a supermarket.· But the fact is all I can afford is this third-floor studio with an art deco shower.
· So an illustration may offer far wider possibilities for the art director to achieve special effects and a distinctive style.· When he awoke, he found himself in San Francisco -- as the art director of a ballet magazine.· Phil Bicker, our art director, never goes home. 9.· Do not let your editor or art director unduly influence you.· Leaver, then camping out on Oz art director Jonathan Goodchild's floor, joined the staff.· It aims to give writers and art directors a thorough grounding of the advertising business and valuable first-hand experience.· For some years now, writer and art director have been considered as equal partners working closely together.· A good production person must keep up with every development and ideally acquaint the art directors with every one as well.
· To avoid simultaneous borrowing and depositing you should monitor how accurate your forecasting is, without turning this into an art form.· Animation is one of the most labor-intensive art forms.· Nicholas Cruz simply drools over the youngster who has made boxing an art form.· Making music is an art form, believe it or not.· At its core is a unique collection of books on various non-Western art forms donated by Tàpies himself.· Guided by an unlikely visionary named Walt, the artists at Disney did more than create an enduring new art form.· These old properties represent an age when craftsmanship in building reached an art form.· But this is hair-splitting as an art form.
· Roland felt wakeful and misplaced, as though he was in an art gallery or a surgeon's waiting-room.· Its unique folk art has been featured by the Smithsonian Museums and other prominent art galleries throughout the U.S.· Most of all, Mahoney didn't look like the sort of man who would work in an art gallery.· The complex, built in 1926, includes 360-seat and 99-seat theaters, a small 40-seat workspace and an art gallery.· He would meet Mischa and the others in London at the exhibition in the art gallery.· The street is dotted with pricey eateries, art galleries, boutiques and hair salons.· Dunbar was to run the art gallery attached to the shop, Miles would take care of the books.· A check for $ 3, 246 to a Scottsdale art gallery for a painting.
· Her ladyship always took advice from art historians before she would even change as much the piping on a cushion.· One of us is the granddaughter who rescued the paintings from a warehouse room; the other, a young art historian.· She was extremely generous to aspiring young art historians.· Deciding where is the beginning can be a trouble for an art historian.· Tomás Llorens, art historian and Simon Marcháan, lecturer in Aesthetics.· This is one aspect that art historian and critic Deborah Cherry will be taking up in the next issue.· Martin, formerly editor of Arts magazine, is a trained art historian.· Do you feel that the language problem is a fundamental stumbling block for art historians?
· He qualified as an electronics engineer before going to teachers' training college after which he obtained a degree in art history.· Pretty meaty stuff for an art history major who formerly knew squat about the squabble.· Their works did not hang in major public collections, nor were they subsequently included within mainstream art history.· Even students in art history and philosophy are getting hired by management consultants, Sanborn said.· Lang has also pledged himself to an increased emphasis on the teaching of art history at secondary school and college level.· Should art works be at the centre of art history?· Traditional art history would include Bonnard for his technical innovations and largely marginalise Rodchenko for his politics and photography.· Hence, interest was slight and sporadic, and the works were not assimilated into mainstream western art history.
· The precious place of the nude was bolstered by the economics of the art market in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.· Those were great days for the art market.· And what of the broader issues: 1997, Hong Kong and the art market?· When the art market went crazy, the value of the little Courbet just kept climbing.· And how has Cologne fared in the contraction of the art market worldwide?· Several of those who shared those discussions are now big names in the art market.· Such catalogues were important to scholarship and also to the art market.
· A programme of performance art to be announced with this exhibition.· The most successful of the human oddities, Taylor says, were those who could present their deformities as performance art.· Garner knows about the challenge of performance art.· No matter how he strutted and screamed, the end result was more like watching performance art than hearing a concert.· Some performance art does contain gratuitous violence.· The materials of Fluxus artists were mainly ephemeral or paper-based, or centred on performance art, presenting problems for exhibition organisers.· The second is intensely combative performance art, and just about self-financing.
· I was too defiant to return to such an art school, so cramped, so bunged up with petty authority.· I went to art school too.· I went to art school when I was 15, I was the youngest.· It has a full-fledged performing arts school, from Grades 4-12, with an enrollment of 550 boys and girls.· So I packed in art school.· But once in art school, I soon discovered that art, too, was a game.· As well as the teds there were always a few young art school types who were interested in the idea of teddy boy style.· Minton, assisted by students from various London art schools, supervised the decorations.
· In Montparnasse artists and art students met each other in the cafés and at the life class and in the little restaurants.· A customer who turned out to be a Harvard art student had dropped off film to be developed.· Before that he was a successful history and art student at the De Montfort University in Leicester.· There were confrontations between the art students and the athletes.· Cor, he said, this is almost like being an art student again.· The basic issue was compulsory complementary and contrasting studies for arts students.· His first wife, Betty, was a fellow art student.· Bright 16-year-olds abandon all but two or three academic subjects, thus ensuring that scientists remain unread, and arts students maths-blind.
· The art works that would be modern art are defined and subjected to validations of a specific kind.· But Langford has more to say about the cooking than he does about the art works.· The language, not just the art work of comics changed then too.· Scattered among the various art works in McMullen's office are his numerous ribbons and trophies.· Despite much improvement in pencil and art work there had been none in reading and other school work.· Who owns the reproduction rights and profits for a piece of art work paid for with public and private money?
· It has become a minor occasion in the art world.· Although Margarett was showing in New York, she had become a presence in the Boston art world.· We soon lost our importance as far as the art world was concerned.· What a model for the art world.· A first-rate biography might have reminded the art world of his unique eloquence.· But in the art world it's not allowed to be mentioned.· Henry Fitzhugh aims for a deliberate mix of obscure or up-and-coming artists with the glitterati of the art world.
VERB· I also have never wanted to master the art of stiletto-wearing.· It strikes me that Tommy has already mastered the art of being a toady.· Loved for his big glasses and silly grin, he mastered the art of playing guitar while walking in circles.· Their written petition gives some indication as to how much the Jesuits had mastered the delicate art of memorializing the emperor.· If you value your trees, you will take pains to master this art.· She is afraid of the bathtub and has never mastered the art of taking a shower.· Hence his reluctance to start painting before he had mastered the incredibly difficult art of drawing - and drawing the figure especially.· Once you master the arts of reflection, understanding, and resolution, perspective and point of view will follow.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► artsPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► get something down to a fine art► the fine arts► the performing arts
- Granston is a graphic artist who now teaches visual arts and journalism at the college.
- I've always been interested in the arts even though I didn't have much talent myself.
- Italians are proud of their country's contributions to the arts.
- The government should provide more money for the arts.
- They have drama classes at the arts centre every Thursday night.
- Under the new government much of the funding for the performing arts would be cut.
- A lot of the arts fellows think Humphrey's a bit of a twit and tend to talk down to him.
- The city built the California Center for the Arts, Escondido downtown and has taken other measures to help revive that area.
- The city deserves a distinctive, central district to celebrate the arts, and itself.
- The Open College of the Arts is an educational trust.
- The problem comes with the arts.
- The question is whether the arts council, Congress, or the chairman, knows best what taxpayers really want.
- The Tubac Center of the Arts features museum-quality exhibits.
- Ronald Reagan turned it into an art form.
- To avoid simultaneous borrowing and depositing you should monitor how accurate your forecasting is, without turning this into an art form.
- Little Renaissance furniture survives intact, and the present catalogue will go a long way to furthering its understanding.
- That year, several superb works of Renaissance art were sold without publicity to private investors.
- One of the characteristics of Romantic literature is the interaction or rapport between man and nature.
WORD FAMILYnounartartistartistryadjectiveartisticartyadverbartistically
1[uncountable] the use of painting, drawing, sculpture etc to represent things or express ideas: the Museum of Modern Art in New York an example of early Indian art2[plural, uncountable] objects that are produced by art, such as paintings, drawings etc: an art exhibition an art critic an arts and crafts fair The exhibition features works of art by Picasso and Matisse.3[uncountable] the skill of drawing or painting: He’s very good at art. an art teacher art college4the arts [plural] art, music, theatre, film, literature etc all considered together: Government funding for the arts has been reduced.5arts (also the arts) [plural] subjects you can study that are not scientific, for example history, languages etc6[countable, uncountable] the ability or skill involved in doing or making something: Television is ruining the art of conversation. Writing advertisements is quite an art (=it is difficult to do).have/get something down to a fine art (=do something very well) I’ve got the early morning routine down to a fine art.GRAMMAR• You use art when talking in general about paintings, drawings etc: · She believes that art should be beautiful. ✗Don’t say: She believes that the art should be beautiful.• You use art when talking about a particular type of art: · He is fond of modern art. ✗Don’t say: He is fond of the modern art.• You use the art of when talking about the paintings, drawings etc that were produced in a particular place, or at a particular time: · There is an exhibition of the art of nineteenth-century Italy.• You also often use the art of when talking about the skill of doing something: · He is an expert in the art of lying.Grammar guide ‒ NOUNSTHESAURUStypes of artmodern art art from the late 19th century until now: · I’m not very keen on modern art.contemporary art art that is being created now: · an exhibition of contemporary artWestern art art in Europe and North America: · Velasquez was one of the greatest figures in the history of Western art.fine art art, especially painting, which is made to be beautiful or affect your emotions, rather than to be useful: · She wants to study fine art at college.· the Royal Academy of Fine Artsabstract art paintings or images that consist of shapes or lines which do not look like people, places, or objects: · it’s almost impossible for any artist not to be influenced by Picasso’s abstract art.figurative art art that shows pictures of people, places, or objects: · In this country, we always feel more comfortable with figurative art.conceptual art a type of modern art, which shows ideas about the world: · In conceptual art, the idea behind the work of art holds as much importance as the artwork itself.applied art the use of artistic principles in the design of objects and images for people to use. This includes subjects such as fashion, jewellery design, architecture, and photography: · Van de Velde taught at the new school of applied art.primitive art art by people who live in societies where there is a very simple way of life and no modern technology or industry: · The interest in primitive art came about largely through the work of Gauguin.pop art art that shows ordinary objects that you find in people’s homes, which was made popular in the 1960s by artists such as Andy Warhol: · The relationship of advertising to art was part of the pop art phenomenon in the 1960s.the visual arts painting, sculpture, and other art forms that you look at, not literature or music: · The approach to the visual arts has changed in the last two decades.the decorative arts the design and production of beautiful things for the home, such as furniture, pottery, and cloth: · The exhibition will also cover the decorative arts.the performing arts dance, music, or drama, done to entertain people: · San Diego’s School for the Creative and Performing Artsthe plastic arts art that involves producing objects such as sculptures or pots: · the decline of the plastic arts in the fifth centuryperformance art a type of art that can combine acting, dance, and other actions to express an idea: · It will be a mixture of live performance art, music and poetry in an informal club setting.art1 nounart2 verb
artart2 verb old-fashioned or biblical WORD ORIGINart2
Origin:
Old English eartCOLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES I never quite mastered the art of walking in high heels.
(=for art, music, theatre, film etc)· Shall we go to the concert at the arts centre on Saturday?
· Nothing compares with Florence's beautiful 15th-century architecture.
· the National Gallery’s art collection
· The Music College was founded in 1869.
· Each year there is a contemporary music festival in November.
· The exhibition has been funded by the Arts Council.
· The school runs ten-week language courses three times a year.
(=things produced by artists and craftsmen or women)· an exhibition of Indian arts and crafts
· He became the chief music critic for the Herald Tribune.
(=in a subject that is not science)· She has an arts degree from Sussex University.
· The movie won an award at the Cannes Film Festival.
· a guide to the city's museums and art galleries
I never quite mastered the art of walking in high heels. (=the part of a newspaper that deals with sport, art etc)· He only ever reads the sports pages.
· Britain has a lively contemporary arts scene.
· Robbers stole paintings worth £25 million in the French Riviera’s biggest art theft.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► get something down to a fine art► the fine arts► the performing arts
thou art a phrase meaning ‘you are’- Above all we give thanks to thee for that thou art mighty.
- But take care thou art not too credulous neither.
- For thou art with me, Thy rod and staff comfort me.
- If I make my bed in Sheol, thou art there!
- So shall I live, supposing thou art true.
- So then because thou art lukewarm ad neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.
- Thy tooth is not so keen, because thou art not seen, although thy breath be rude!
- Verily, thou art mistaken - I contacted Microvalue, and they've never heard of it.
- Ronald Reagan turned it into an art form.
- To avoid simultaneous borrowing and depositing you should monitor how accurate your forecasting is, without turning this into an art form.
- Little Renaissance furniture survives intact, and the present catalogue will go a long way to furthering its understanding.
- That year, several superb works of Renaissance art were sold without publicity to private investors.
- One of the characteristics of Romantic literature is the interaction or rapport between man and nature.